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Former FedEx Driver Pleads Guilty to Murdering 7-Year-Old

4/10/2026

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Tanner Horner, a former FedEx driver, pleaded guilty to the 2022 murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas.
He claimed he accidentally struck Athena Strand with his van after delivering a Christmas gift and panicked.
Prosecutors presented DNA under Athena Strand's fingernails and described Horner's conflicting accounts and a violent alter ego named 'Zero' and Texas introduced the Athena Alert after the case.

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Tanner Horner, a former FedEx driver, pleaded guilty to the 2022 murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas.
He claimed he accidentally struck Athena Strand with his van after delivering a Christmas gift and panicked.
Prosecutors presented DNA under Athena Strand's fingernails and described Horner's conflicting accounts and a violent alter ego named 'Zero' and Texas introduced the Athena Alert after the case.